Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening

This picture was taken by my bro at Liverpool airport. I personally enjoy no. 4, 7 and 8.

Prod

If you are half the geek i am, you probably recognize this from the Worms series. (unfortunately i couldnt get a screenshot of it in action :P). I seem to have developed some kind of phobia/reflex system towards this weapon of destruction. No matter where i am, ppl seem to enjoy prodding me (probably due to the fact that i have a very sensitive area near the hip) and see me jump a few centimeters off the ground, and the office is no different. There’s this colleague of mine who keeps prodding me every now and then in the office that at one time, when i spotted a shadow lurking behind me, i actually tried to dodge and put up my left arm to try parry the incoming attack. Turns out it wasn’t that colleague, and that person wasn’t even walking towards me…he was just going back to his seat. Then my other colleagues were staring at me weirdly…..

Highlight

Instead of going diary style, like i always do with my holidays trips,i thought i would just talk about the highlight of the trip. When i feel like it, i'll start talking about all the sightseeing stuff in Berlin and Dresden (which was pretty awesome, but it's not gonna top this)

No.7 sending the keeper to the wrong direction

Was there any doubt what else it could be? Being inside the Theatre of Dreams when the stadium erupted when no.7 Christiano Ronaldo scored the most undeserved goal in the world. It didn't matter, the crowd and atmosphere was worth every penny (70 pounds actually) and a cool goal by Wayne Rooney was icing on the cake. From waiting anxiously on the cheap plastic seats for a goal to happen, to attempting to follow the chants of the supported, to jumping and screaming at every near miss or referee whistle....is truly an experience that money can't buy. (70 pounds actually)

I was never a true MU supporter till few years ago, which led to claims by my bro that i only supported the best teams. I don't agree. Sure MU is probably the most supported team in Malaysia, but i truly support them because of their offensive style and individual brilliance. I believe its influenced by my infatuation with NBA basketball, where attacking individual talents are appreciated more. (with exception of Nick who has a good eye for defensive plays)

To prove my point, long time ago, i used to support Liverpool because i thought they were a good offensive team. Looking back at it now, i'm not really sure if i understood football as much as i do now, but as far as i recall it was the Beckham era where MU and Arsenal reign the EPL. In the NBA it was more apparent. I supported the Trailblazers when they had Mighty Mouse and the Sheed even though they never won a championship. I was a die hard fan of Chris Webber's Sacramento Kings when they weren't even championship contenders yet. But they played exciting ball in my opinion, and that's why i watch them.

On a side note, WHY OH WHY DID JASON WILLIAMS RETIRE?????

Arriving 3 hours earlier at Old Trafford

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep..........

That was the high pitch sound that was ringing in our ears when we drove for dinner. My parents said that they heard the same sound when we drove out in the afternoon so it must be something wrong with the car. I tried switching off the radio....nope not from there. "Hmm's maybe it's the air-con fan, sometimes when it needs greasing it makes noises like these" my dad says. So i turn off the air-con. The sound still persists. "Tomorrow must spray WD40 on every part of the car already lol. I remember last time my old car we took forever to find the source of the noise. In the end there was this gap between the spark plug and (insert) and we didn't know we needed to install metal discs in between until we read the manual. Last time the cars like that one," my dad continued.

So we arrived home. When my dad switched off the engine the sound was still there. "Hmm must be the alarm system short circuit already," my dad says. When we went inside the house we were like "wah even inside can hear man so noisy". Then we went upstairs to watch tv and we can still hear the sound very clearly. So my dad decided the disconnect the main battery of the car so when the backup battery for the alarm system runs out the sound will stop. And it did stop after all.

Suddenly, the sound came back on. This time, to add to the mystery, my dad went down to check and realised, its not coming from the car anymore! "Wah, it seems the neighbour's car also got the same problem ar, its not from the car!" my dad claimed. My mom could not believe it and she went to double check and also found out that it wasn't from the car anymore. And for some reason, the sound is even louder when heard from upstairs....

After going through all the trouble, we came to realise that the sound was actually.....a button stuck on my dad's phone >.< And he hung his pants in his room, so of course can hear in the house and it's louder upstairs la!

Pink Eye

Driving signals

If there's one thing Malaysians lack, its driving courtesy. I mean people here in the UK (and in Aussie too from my experience) almost never fail to stop and give way to other cars or for pedestrians to cross the road. Try crossing the road on a ZEBRA CROSSING in KL and see if the cars stop WITHOUT slamming the horns repeatedly. Hope you don't end up in the hospital.

Interestingly here in the UK, ppl actually flash their lights twice to tell the other car that "hey im slowing down for you so you can cut in front of me". And the other car would say "thank you" by either blinking their harzard lights twice or signal left and right in quick successions (since you can't flash the person behind you). This is stark contrast to our pathetic usage of the 'flash' back home where it means "piss off! you're driving too damn slow!" or "don't cut in front of me yet cause im gonna speed pass you".

I'm gonna try it out when i get back home. Although i'll be expecting more "what the fuck" than "thank you" signals.

Don't you just hate it when this happens?

The last day before leaving for the UK, it was noon and i was all excited and worked up about the trip. But anyways so i thought i would just laze around and tighten up some loose ends of my work when suddenly i was called upon to collect this urgent letter from the client. I look at my clock, its 3pm, and i need to leave the office at 4 to make it back on time with some time to spare before going to the office. One hour to get to sentral and back, seems pretty tight but i should be able to make it. So i packed up everything to be ready so when i get back i can leave right away.

But then theres this tiny little thing. My colleague suddenly said hey since you are going over why don't you pass him this letter? OK, why not. So off i go to sentral taking the monorail and all, and i was starting to rush cause i was trying to make it back on time. Was well on schedule when i arrived at the client's office and he gave me the urgent letter. So i was on my way out when i remembered i was supposed to pass him this other letter so i went back and gave it to him. And guess what, i PUT THE FREAKING URGENT LETTER ON THE TABLE and left it there. Reached back at office empty handed. Fcuk. Guess what time is it then. 4 pm. Double fcuk.

Dont you just hate it when this happens? Well, I do. Considering that if my colleague did not ask me to pass that not-so-urgent letter, i wouldnt forget the urgent one. Still, its totally my fault for being careless and easily distracted, i absolutely hate it.

Breaking

Why is everything breaking down??? I know its partly my fault but first the hard disk.....now i found out that the dvd burner is burnt. How ironic. And also my phone keeps going blank whenever i try to access my inbox or when Nick calls. Money money going down the drain........

Ugly phone in use now!!!

Erasers

08.08.08 : Olympics have finally begun!!! Watched the opening a few hours back, thought it was pretty good although a bit artsy fartsy with the history and stuff. I quite liked some of the performances in particular the chinese characters one (although i have no idea what characters they were), the idea of the footsteps forming the art piece, and skywalking to light up the torch. The fireworks were good but i was disappointed cause someone told me there was gonna be a dragon. There was no dragon!!!! (and probably never will be one sigh )

Actually the games itself don't excite me, except watching the US basketball team play. At least there's something to watch on the tele other than the Korean drama show thats on all the time (my parents love them). As a side note i was quite surprised at how many countries i could name by just looking at their flags thanks to the erasers me and my bro use to collect and play. Those were the days.....

Diablo III confirmed!!!

When this hell of a game (no puns intended) comes out, everyone please upgrade your comps as necessary so we can save mankind together. And after we do that, we save mankind again, and again, and again, till we have multiple heroes equipped with uber items and have mastered all the skills. And please don't play alone when we're not looking. I've given you a warning few years in advance. For now, we'll just have to settle Diablo 2 again (I've lost count to how many times ive played this darn game!)